Dear Geometry, Why So Straight?

I wanted to write all about angles. 

Well, lines and angles, to be exact -

but it seems that topic's already taken. 

Suzy Menkes, the blog slayer herself ;) , wrote an article back in ye ol' 2012 called New Geometry, about the recent emergence of harsher stripes, checks, and angles than ever before. 

With my brilliant idea taken, I resigned to listen (read: read).

Apparently, at the beginning of the century, fashion was more about curves and roundness.

"...circular hats balanced on pouffed up-dos, a bust swelling out like a balcony and a bustle at the rear."

Then came the cropped bobs of the 20s, the post-war hippie psychedelic shapes, and the sharp shoulder pads of the 80s - each trend outdoing the former. Suzy thinks harsher geometry always mean we're moving forward.

But I don't know. What does it mean? 

Why the Beetlejuice/checkers/plaid thing now? in 2012/13?

Menkes suggests it has to do with "x-ing out femininity", but I'm not so sure. 

I mean, is this pencil skirt really negating the fact that I'm a female?

So I thought, why do I wear geometric patterns?

Well, they make me feel simple and powerful at the same time. Even when I'm not.

I don't have to try, and immediately I look like I've got an attitude.

They allow me to play with shapes and textures, while still maintaining some sort of symmetry. 

After all -  even clashing stripes make 90 degree angles.

So why now? Is it because, broke, unsure about the past and even more unsure about the future, I turn to a sartorial form of self-empowerment? Is it because in this confusing world/time/mindset whatever, straight lines and exact angles are comforting and easy ... uncomplicated?

Or does it indeed have to do with an increasing sense of androgyny? Are we "x-ing out" our own femininity?

shirt: vintage Guess, skirt: ASOS, shoes: Colin Stuart

Wish I knew anything at all about psychology. 

Cheers.